Sahih Muslim Book - 15, Hadith - 3059

وَحَدَّثَنِى أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ - يَعْنِى ابْنَ زَيْدٍ - عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَأَصْحَابُهُ مَكَّةَ وَقَدْ وَهَنَتْهُمْ حُمَّى يَثْرِبَ. قَالَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ إِنَّهُ يَقْدَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ غَدًا قَوْمٌ قَدْ وَهَنَتْهُمُ الْحُمَّى وَلَقُوا مِنْهَا شِدَّةً. فَجَلَسُوا مِمَّا يَلِى الْحِجْرَ وَأَمَرَهُمُ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أَنْ يَرْمُلُوا ثَلاَثَةَ أَشْوَاطٍ وَيَمْشُوا مَا بَيْنَ الرُّكْنَيْنِ لِيَرَى الْمُشْرِكُونَ جَلَدَهُمْ فَقَالَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ هَؤُلاَءِ الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّ الْحُمَّى قَدْ وَهَنَتْهُمْ هَؤُلاَءِ أَجْلَدُ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَلَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ أَنْ يَأْمُرَهُمْ أَنْ يَرْمُلُوا الأَشْوَاطَ كُلَّهَا إِلاَّ الإِبْقَاءُ عَلَيْهِمْ.

It was narrated that Ibn Abbas said: “The Messenger of Allah (SAW) and his Companions came to Makkah, and they had been weakened by fever of Yathrib. The idolators said: ‘Tomorrow there will come to you people who have been weakened by fever and they have suffered greatly because of it,’ and they (the idolators) sat beside the Hijr. The Prophet (SAW) commanded them (the Companions) to walk rapidly in three circuits, and to walk normally between the two Corners, so that the idolators could see their endurance. The idolators said: ‘These people whom you said had been weakened by fever are stronger than such-and-such.’” Ibn Abbas said: “Nothing prevented him from ordering them to walk rapidly in all the circuits except his kindness towards them.”